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05-14-2019, 03:55 PM
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Junior Member
Name: Lisa
Trailer: Boler
British Columbia
Posts: 9
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Which curtain fabric do you like the best?
Help! I’m at the fabric store trying to buy fabric to make new curtains for my Boler. The store is 3 hours from my house so I need to make a decision and buy it now, there’s no coming back.
The rest of the interior is solid colour (dark grey cushions, wood countertop&floor so I thought I could add some colour, but is the comic one too much? We are hoping to rent it out to help with some of the expense so it needs to appeal to everyone.
The colour of the dot one is what I’m planning to paint the exterior so maybe it makes the most sense (but least fun)
What do you think?
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05-14-2019, 04:40 PM
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#2
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Senior Member
Name: Kelly
Trailer: Trails West
Oregon
Posts: 3,047
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None of the above would be a choice I would make for myself.
I don't want my trailer to look like a kids room or a bedroom.
I want a gender neutral space where even my male visitors who drop in for a cup of coffee or glass of wine will feel comfortable.
It is a very small space, to keep it feeling expansive you don't want something that will drive you or anyone else up the wall after a short while.
The first choice looks like a kids bed spread or sheets,
the second choice is OK but it looks a lot like bed sheets
the third choice also looks like bed sheets
You need to make up your mind, do you want your trailer to feel like a bedroom or do you want it to feel like a living room?
I will be living in mine full time. I want it to function as a living room so that adult visitors of all genders would not feel it was too cutesy or feel like they are having coffee or a meal while sitting in a woman's bedroom.
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05-14-2019, 04:57 PM
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#3
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Senior Member
Name: JD
Trailer: Scamp 16 Modified (BIGLY)
Florida
Posts: 2,445
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Anything you like with a light blocking liner.
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05-14-2019, 05:00 PM
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#4
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Senior Member
Name: Steve
Trailer: 2018, 21ft escape— 2019 Ram 1500 Laramie
NW Wisconsin
Posts: 4,500
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One of the main reasons I got married was so that I didn’t have to make these tough decisions . Since my strategy has worked well for 49 years
“ They all look wonderful so whatever you decide is OK with me ! “
If it was up to me , everything would be done in Realtree Camo
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05-14-2019, 11:57 PM
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#5
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Junior Member
Name: Lisa
Trailer: 1990 Casita
Colorado
Posts: 12
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I love the cherries! What did you decide?
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05-15-2019, 01:54 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Dave
Trailer: Casita SD17 2006 "Missing Link"
California
Posts: 3,738
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I have to agree with Steve....not one of my designer choices have ever met with a thumbs up from my wife. I measure, she buys, I install, she picks the color, I paint :. Pick whatever fabric floats your boat, curtains and such are an easy fix if you get tired of it.
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05-15-2019, 08:24 AM
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#7
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Junior Member
Name: Lisa
Trailer: Boler
British Columbia
Posts: 9
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Quote:
Originally Posted by k corbin
None of the above would be a choice I would make for myself.
I don't want my trailer to look like a kids room or a bedroom.
I want a gender neutral space where even my male visitors who drop in for a cup of coffee or glass of wine will feel comfortable.
It is a very small space, to keep it feeling expansive you don't want something that will drive you or anyone else up the wall after a short while.
The first choice looks like a kids bed spread or sheets,
the second choice is OK but it looks a lot like bed sheets
the third choice also looks like bed sheets
You need to make up your mind, do you want your trailer to feel like a bedroom or do you want it to feel like a living room?
I will be living in mine full time. I want it to function as a living room so that adult visitors of all genders would not feel it was too cutesy or feel like they are having coffee or a meal while sitting in a woman's bedroom.
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Thank you for the reply, this is what I really needed because I am definitely drawn to fabrics that are too cutesy and I do want everyone to feel comfortable.
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05-15-2019, 08:25 AM
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#8
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Junior Member
Name: Lisa
Trailer: Boler
British Columbia
Posts: 9
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Quote:
Originally Posted by redbarron55
Anything you like with a light blocking liner.
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I will definitely use a light blocker thank you!
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05-15-2019, 08:27 AM
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#9
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Junior Member
Name: Lisa
Trailer: Boler
British Columbia
Posts: 9
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Quote:
Originally Posted by steve dunham
One of the main reasons I got married was so that I didn’t have to make these tough decisions . Since my strategy has worked well for 49 years
“ They all look wonderful so whatever you decide is OK with me ! “
If it was up to me , everything would be done in Realtree Camo
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Funny you say that is exactly the text I got from my husband 😊
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05-15-2019, 08:29 AM
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#10
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Junior Member
Name: Lisa
Trailer: Boler
British Columbia
Posts: 9
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Coznells
I love the cherries! What did you decide?
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I love the cherries too! Went with the last one (dots) because of the colour.
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05-15-2019, 08:34 AM
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#11
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Junior Member
Name: Lisa
Trailer: Boler
British Columbia
Posts: 9
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Borrego Dave
I have to agree with Steve....not one of my designer choices have ever met with a thumbs up from my wife. I measure, she buys, I install, she picks the color, I paint :. Pick whatever fabric floats your boat, curtains and such are an easy fix if you get tired of it.
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It’s true curtains are an easy fix! I’ll see if this works and if not it’s a good excuse for a day trip to the fabric store!
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05-15-2019, 10:16 AM
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#12
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Junior Member
Name: Liz
Trailer: 2014 13' Scamp
Arizona
Posts: 10
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Curtains
A word to the wise, from someone who took too long to wise up: Make sure the material can not be seen through at night when the inside lights are on! A whole summer of traveling in my Scamp, taking long sponge baths, with the see-through curtains that my Scamp came with. And nobody told me! I must have provided fine entertainment for my fellow campers.
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05-15-2019, 11:30 AM
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#13
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Junior Member
Name: Cathi
Trailer: Scamp 13'
Nova Scotia
Posts: 22
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Thank you, Liz
Curtains and privacy...i made the same mistake, misunderstanding what could be seen at night with the lights on. And like you, no one clued me in.
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05-15-2019, 12:21 PM
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#14
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Senior Member
Trailer: 13 ft Scamp
Posts: 243
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I’d go grey andmake pillow shams of the comic strip fabric!!!
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05-15-2019, 12:38 PM
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Member
Name: Vicki
Trailer: 2019 Scamp 13' with 2015 Nissan Frontier V6
Alabama
Posts: 88
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I liked the dots the best
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05-15-2019, 02:17 PM
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#16
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Junior Member
Name: Rae
Trailer: Scamp
Florida
Posts: 17
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I don't really care for any of them, but choose the one that makes you happy. The comics are not very neutral. I like stripes. Rae
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05-15-2019, 05:34 PM
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#17
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Senior Member
Name: Kathleen (Kai: ai as in wait)
Trailer: Amerigo FG-16 1973 "Peanut"
Greater Seattle Metropolitan Area, Washington
Posts: 2,566
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very thin fleece "lap blankets" from IKEA, doubled, acted as vision blockers and definitely thermal. Not so much light control but that's not an issue for us. If so, dark lining could easily have been added.
Each blanket made one curtain. White with gentle light gray squiggles.
To go with neutrals and pale blue interior plus vivid undersea beach towels used for interior dividers, such as to give Paul a separate "bedroom" at night.
The pale beach towel was replaced with a vivid black, blue, and multi-color fish towel later to match the inner side curtains to make Peanut a "two-bedroom unit."
BEST
"K"
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05-17-2019, 03:18 PM
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#18
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Member
Name: Peg
Trailer: 1995 Scamp
Wy & Az
Posts: 63
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You will have to make the curtains so they are seen on both the inside and outside so why not choose something funky, cartoon ones, for the outside and the more neutral facing the interior. People will enjoy seeing it as it drives by. You should buy a fabric spray to prevent fading.
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05-17-2019, 05:05 PM
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#19
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Senior Member
Name: Sid
Trailer: Parkliner 2014
Wisconsin
Posts: 529
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Don’t ask me
As part of my job I choose materials, colors, and textures that literally thousands of people will look at every day of their lives. At home it’s a different story...
Every time I try to help decorate my DW uses her trademark statement, “ You don’t think honey, you just stand there and look pretty.”
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